Been a long time, a long time
Apologies if anything you read here mimicks what you’ve read on my Livejournal 
Since it has been a long time, I won’t try to make excuses apart from congenital laziness. I will share some of the latest knitterly output, though. I confess that I have become wildly addicted to sock knitting over the past month or so. Socks are portable and small, which works for me in the hot summer weather. I have completed one pair…
They’re from Opal sock yarn in the Doktorfisch colourway. Excuse the foreshortening and ghastly lino, please. The weird thing with this ball of yarn was that I discovered a knot halfway through knitting one sock, and after the knit the striping was reversed. Bad stuff, Opal! I bought that ball so long ago, I can’t remember where (possibly Ebay) so I couldn’t take it back. I did consider frogging and reknitting, but it seemed a shame to do so at that point. As it turns out, the stripes turned out nearly identical on both feet and it’s only one leg which is reversed, and I can live with that
Next, something I made for my colleague E at my second job. She has just gone on maternity leave, and I decided to send her off with something special…
Yes, the little hat is made from leftover Doktorfisch The wee cardigan is from Colourmart cashmere, the high twist DK, chosen because it will stand up to a good machine washing and should get softer every time it’s washed. It’s pretty soft now, mind you.
Here’s a taste of things to come…
Sock yarn from the delicious Blue Moon Fiber Arts in Oregon. Left to right, Puck’s Mischief, Rolling Stone and Scottish Highlands. The Rolling Stone is already one and a half socks - the Simple Ribbed Sock from Socks Soar on Two Circular Needles by Cat Bordhi. I’m simultaneously working on a pair in a finer gauge from some lovely sock yarn which Pamela gave me last year. They’re also from Socks Soar and will be revealed when I finish the second one
